Madison Reporter

Among the many ethnicities represented in Dane County schools, white was the most prevalent ethnicity among Dane County students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Of the 77,064 students attending Dane County schools, 61.8% were white. Hispanic students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 14.7% of Dane County students.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most common group in Dane County, representing 62.5% of the student body.

4K McFarland had the most even distribution of races among the county schools which included 85.6% white students, 5.6% Hispanic students, 4.8% multiracial students, 2.4% Black students, and 1.6% Asian students.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county slightly decreased compared to the previous year.

White students were more likely to graduate from high school than any other ethnic group in Wisconsin. According to recent US Census data, nearly 95% of white students in the state successfully graduated in 2021.

Graduation rates for Black and multiracial students lagged behind white students by 10%.

Even further behind, only 71.6% of Hispanic students completed their high school education during the same period, one of the lowest graduation rates in the state.

School name	Most Represented ethnicity	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
4K McFarland	White	85.6%	125
4K PK Off Site	White	45%	615
Allis Elementary School	Black	35.7%	384
Arboretum Elementary School	White	84.4%	435
Badger Ridge Middle School	White	55%	733
Badger Rock Middle School	Hispanic	35.9%	92
Belleville Elementary School	White	83.6%	495
Belleville High School	White	84.4%	282
Belleville Middle School	White	85.8%	134
Black Earth Elementary School	White	88%	376
Black Hawk Middle School	Black	34.5%	357
C. H. Bird Elementary School	White	46.8%	340
Cambridge Elementary School	White	93%	430
Capital High School	Black	47.5%	139
Central Heights Middle School	White	61.2%	472
Cesar Chavez Elementary School	White	46.1%	607
Cherokee Heights Middle School	White	40.1%	553
Clark Street Community School	White	78%	100
Conrad Elvehjem Primary School	White	82.2%	471
Core Knowledge Charter School	White	73.9%	417
Cottage Grove Elementary School	White	78.1%	283
Country View Elementary School	White	60.4%	396
Creekside Elementary School	White	43.1%	339
Crestwood Elementary School	White	53.3%	272
De Forest High School	White	81.2%	1,099
De Forest Middle School	White	81.1%	561
Deerfield Elementary School	White	86.7%	420
Deerfield High School	White	85.7%	217
Deerfield Middle School	White	82.5%	114
Destinations Career Academy of Wisconsin High	White	64.7%	232
Dr. Virginia Henderson Elementary School	Hispanic	37.8%	479
Eagle Point Elementary School	White	80.3%	376
Early Childhood	White	56.3%	16
East High School	White	34.1%	1,649
Eastside Elementary School	White	70.1%	425
Elm Lawn Elementary School	White	72.4%	355
Elvehjem Elementary School	White	54.3%	418
Emerson Elementary School	White	42.7%	351
Forest Edge Elementary School	White	81.6%	385
Fox Prairie Elementary School	White	83%	388
Franklin Elementary School	White	67.7%	297
Glacial Drumlin School	White	79.3%	768
Glacier Creek Middle School	White	66.7%	935
Glacier Edge Elementary School	White	57.9%	477
Gompers Elementary School	White	46.7%	227
Granite Ridge School	White	79.7%	464
Hamilton Middle School	White	62.8%	725
Harvest Intermediate School	White	81.3%	914
Hawthorne Elementary School	Black	30.3%	307
Holum Education Center	White	80.5%	313
Horizon Elementary School	White	62.1%	364
Huegel Elementary School	White	52.1%	434
Indian Mound Middle School	White	81.7%	531
Innovative & Alternative High School	Black	37.9%	132
Insight School of Wisconsin High	White	53.2%	173
James Wright Middle School	Hispanic	49.6%	256
Jefferson Middle School	White	32.8%	415
Kegonsa Elementary School	White	81.1%	302
Kennedy Elementary School	White	37.8%	524
Koshkonong Trails School	White	100%	33
Kromrey Middle School	White	61.8%	1,191
LaFollette High School	Hispanic	32.2%	1,482
Lake View Elementary School	Asian	30.7%	267
Lapham Elementary School	White	62%	205
Leopold Elementary School	Hispanic	42.3%	624
Lincoln Elementary School	White	42%	374
Lindbergh Elementary School	Black	34.4%	180
Lowell Elementary School	White	52.4%	334
Marquette Elementary School	White	66.4%	149
Marshall Early Learning Center	White	65.5%	235
Marshall Elementary School	White	62.6%	230
Marshall High School	White	69.2%	289
Marshall Middle School	White	60.5%	124
McFarland High School	White	82%	777
Meadow View Elementary School	White	30.9%	362
Memorial High School	White	42.5%	2,025
Mendota Elementary School	Black	54.9%	308
Metro School	Black	57.9%	19
Middleton High School	White	68.3%	2,309
Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District 4K	White	64.4%	278
Midvale Elementary School	White	44.5%	373
Milele Chikasa Anana Elementary School	White	33.5%	430
Monona Grove High School	White	78.6%	1,083
Monona Grove Liberal Arts	White	84%	81
Mount Horeb Area Community 4K	White	87.8%	123
Mount Horeb Early Learning Center	White	90.3%	145
Mount Horeb High School	White	88.8%	793
Mount Horeb Intermediate School	White	88.3%	523
Mount Horeb Middle School	White	91%	491
Mount Horeb Primary Center	White	88.1%	312
Muir Elementary School	White	35.2%	403
Netherwood Knoll Elementary School	White	89.7%	398
New Century School	White	81.6%	125
Nikolay Middle School	White	86.5%	207
Northside Elementary School	White	73.3%	345
Nuestro Mundo	Hispanic	63.7%	284
O'Keeffe Middle School	White	50.4%	452
Olson Elementary School	White	48.6%	442
Orchard Ridge Elementary School	White	37.3%	255
Oregon 4K	White	79.6%	225
Oregon High School	White	84.5%	1,269
Oregon Middle School	White	84.1%	636
Park Elementary School	White	86.5%	252
Patrick Marsh Middle School	White	64.8%	594
Pope Farm Elementary School	White	51.5%	410
Prairie Phoenix Academy	White	36.4%	66
Prairie View Elementary School	White	84%	350
Prairie View Middle School	White	51.5%	666
Randall Elementary School	White	70.7%	311
River Bluff Middle School	White	78.9%	582
Rome Corners Intermediate School	White	86%	493
Royal Oaks Elementary School	White	60.6%	449
SASD 4K	White	86.1%	187
Sandburg Elementary School	Hispanic	50.3%	392
Sandhill Elementary School	White	79.8%	421
Sauk Trail Elementary School	White	48.9%	407
Savanna Oaks Middle School	White	56.6%	394
Schenk Elementary School	White	31.8%	390
Sennett Middle School	Hispanic	40.9%	623
Shabazz-City High School	White	59.5%	121
Sherman Middle School	White	32.9%	401
Shorewood Hills Elementary School	White	48%	381
Spring Harbor Middle School	White	60.1%	263
Stephens Elementary School	White	40.4%	493
Stoner Prairie Elementary School	White	57.5%	381
Stoughton High School	White	81.1%	875
Sugar Creek Elementary School	White	64%	680
Sun Prairie Four Kids	White	52.8%	443
Sun Prairie High School	White	64.1%	1,274
Sun Prairie West High School	White	52.7%	1,294
Sunset Ridge Elementary School	White	70%	317
Taylor Prairie Elementary School	White	80.9%	251
Thoreau Elementary School	White	52.1%	415
Token Springs Elementary School	White	83.7%	430
Toki Middle School	White	45.3%	578
Van Hise Elementary School	White	63.3%	431
Verona Area High School	White	59.8%	1,802
Verona Area International School	White	58.4%	125
Verona Area K4	White	69%	281
Waubesa Intermediate School	White	82.4%	540
Waunakee Community 4K School	White	81.9%	249
Waunakee Heritage Elementary School	White	81%	547
Waunakee High School	White	86.1%	1,327
Waunakee Intermediate School	White	81.4%	635
Waunakee Middle School	White	84.6%	682
Waunakee Prairie Elementary School	White	84.6%	533
West High School	White	51.8%	2,147
West Middleton Elementary School	White	69.5%	364
Westside Elementary School	Black	32.5%	413
Whitehorse Middle School	White	31.6%	452
Windsor Elementary School	White	80.2%	530
Winnequah School	White	79%	609
Wisconsin Heights High School	White	86.8%	219
Wisconsin Heights Middle School	White	94.2%	154
Wisconsin Virtual Academy High (WIVA)	White	60.7%	1,270
Wisconsin Virtual Academy K-8 (WIVA)	White	51.8%	1,365
Yahara Elementary School	White	81.9%	354